Amazon generated more than 300 million kilograms of plastic packaging waste last year, new research claims. According to a report by ocean advocacy organisation Oceana, Amazon’s plastic footprint increased by nearly a fifth (18 per cent) between 2020 and 2021. In total, the online retail giant allegedly created 321 million kilograms of packaging waste – mostly in the form of air-pillows, a protective packaging used in parcels. If laid out, this waste could circle the earth more than 800 times. Amazon disputed the accusation, claiming to take a “science based approach” to reduce packaging witho…